Jeremiah 20:16
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;”
יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
נָחַם
he had compassion
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נָחַם
To comfort, to console. Nacham. God's comfort is not distant advice but personal presence in the pain.
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הָפַךְ
he overthrew
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הָפַךְ
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
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צֹהַר
noons
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צֹהַר
a light (i.e. window); dual double light, i.e. noon
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זַעַק
a cry of distress
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זַעַק
a shriek or outcry
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